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AI CRACKS SUPERBUG PROBLEM IN TWO DAYS THAT TOOK SCIENTISTS YEARS

bbc.com4 min read

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An AI tool developed by Google solved a complex problem about superbug antibiotic resistance in just two days, a process that took microbiologists a decade. A professor and his team at Imperial College London used the AI tool to replicate their findings. It also offered four additional hypotheses, one of which the team hadn't considered and is now investigating.